Sweet Job Baseball Writers

Because baseball is archaic in most things it has a bunch of hack baseball writers vote players into the Hall of Fame, or at least in theory. Not only are they a bunch of self-serving assholes with their own agendas, but worst still 75% of them have to agree to send a player into the Hall of Fame. There are no standards, guidelines, or reasoning given. It's just a bunch of fucks who cast a vote and they get tallied up. They answer to no one and do no favors to baseball or it's best players. There all bullshit made up rules, like never voting for a player in their first year because being a "first ballot" Hall of Famer is sacred ground. They try to police the Hall of Fame that already houses cheaters, racists, criminals, and great baseball players. Craig Biggio doesn't get in on this go around despite being the soul of the Astros for and compiling great numbers like 1844 runs, over 3000 hits, or the staggering 285 HBP. He was the poster child for playing the game right and being PED free. That's not enough to get you in though. On the flip side you have Barry Bonds who has unthinkable numbers, but that's not enough to get you in if you're associated with PED's. No Jack Morris, no Curt Schilling (not even close?), no Clemens, no Bagwell, McGuire, Rose, AND I COULD GO ON FOREVER. They do horse-shit moves like waiting for Buck O'Neil to die before letting him into the Hall of Fame. They are a tyrannical and soulless bunch of fucks who have their "code of morals" they enforce and even condemn, yet they were the ones with a chance to report on steroid abuse and make a change before it got completely out of hand. Now, after having their hands down their pants during the whole steroid era, they come out in force to show that they think steroids are wrong and ruined baseball. They enjoyed the huge jumps in popularity and attendance, bringing the game back to relevance after the strike destroyed it, yet now it's convenient and popular to condemn it. It sickens me that nobody gets into the Hall of Fame this year. The writers have to realize it's not THAT exclusive of a club. "The Hall of Fame is comprised of 300 elected members. Included are 208 former major league players, 28 executives, 35 Negro leaguers, 19 managers and 10 umpires. The Baseball Writers’ Association of America has elected 112 candidates to the Hall while the Committees on managers, umpires, executives and long-retired players (in all of its forms) has chosen 162 deserving candidates (96 major leaguers, 28 executives, 19 managers, nine Negro Leaguers and 10 umpires). The defunct “Committee on Negro Baseball Leagues” selected nine men between 1971-77 and the Special Committee on Negro Leagues in 2006, elected 17 Negro Leaguers. There are currently 64 living members. By position, there are: 72 pitchers, 17 catchers, 21 first basemen, 20 second basemen, 15 third basemen, 24 shortstops, 21 left fielders, 23 center fielders, 24 right fielders, 20 managers, 10 umpires and 33 executives." (baseball.org/halloffamers) Guess what? A bunch of players that weren't elected this year are better baseball players than guys already in. Mike Piazza was the best hitting catcher ever, it isn't fucking close. Roger Clemens is better than almost any pitcher in Cooperstown. Cases can be made, but if Bert Blyleven can limp in, I'm thinking some players excluded this year shouldn't have to wait 14 years like Blyleven to get in. Funny thing is, I should have stuck with print journalism so I'd have a vote like the rest of the idiots...